Hello again. I must explain my vanishing and reappearing. I was in England when I posted before, where I have internet access courtesy of family member. I’m now where I do my growing (Northern Spain), but don’t have internet access except for a couple of times a week at a bar with wifi.
Well, after getting hold of my new seeds and nestling the packets in with the ones I already have, I’ve done absolutely nothing with any of them. It has rained almost constantly since I got back. Any dry periods have been dedicated to cutting the grass (can’t call it lawn, it’s very lush and over vigorous and is a constant battle untill we get some dry spells).
I want to get some broad beans and peas in before next weekend. The bed where they’re going has been covered since early December, so should be ready to use without too much effort.
No one chits potatoes here, they just get planted straight in the ground. However, due to voles eating so many of mine before I get the chance to harvest them, this year the plan is to grow only a few in capazos (the big black plastic double handled containers that I don’t know the name of in English). Picked up a hanful each of Charlottes and Anyas in Wilco just before I left - can’t get them here. I don’t grow any main crop varieties as I want/need to harvest them before the inevitable arrival of Colorado Beetle.
Someone mentioned (ages ago) about growing salsify. A couple of years ago I grew some scorzonera. They grew really well and were trouble free. Harvesting the roots though was what decided me not to grow them again. They grow to about 14ins long and are relatively thin, so digging them out without leaving a section deep down (to regrow) is quite difficult. And I have a light soil here, if I were still on London clay I’d have to hire a digger!
etch (hello), being in Aus, do you know anything about growing peanuts? Last year I experimentaly bought a single plant in the garden centre (pricey at €1.80 each). I harvested the nuts and have kept them in the hope that I can grow them this year (still in their shells). Do you have a clue what to do? (Or anybody else with the know-how).
Does anybody know if you can divide asparagus crowns? I have an urge to, but don’t know if you should. It doesn’t mention dividing as a propagation method in any of my books, but on the other hand, it doesn’t say you can’t.
Welcome back book - spotted that you are back but haven't read any of the posts for the last week yet, will read them at home later.
And finally - hello to any/all new diggers.
(Can we call the new thread The Diggers Rest?)